Interesting solution to the selective college admission problem - to resolve it by way of lottery. While there are many logically sound reasons to take this approach, I can't see the incentive for the college. The perceived exclusivity comes from the notion of uber premium. It is not enough to be excellent but more excellent than the other excellent students. Once all that has been accomplished the most excellent of them all will likely experience the dreaded impostor syndrome because they cannot understand their extreme excellence. A lottery system would definitely ease that pressure.
Though pretty devastated at the time for not making it to the top school, I learned over the years that I was very lucky not to have been anointed the most excellent of them all. It helped me fail and fall without fear and dust myself off and try again.My peers who ended up being the "chosen ones" did not have it nearly as easy. The pedestal was forever shaky and they never stopped overcompensating for stability on high. Indeed uneasy lies the head that wears the crown - for the most part they were not sure if that crown was sitting on the right head. It is J's turn now and I hope her inner valuation of her own worth is matched by what has been societally assigned to her by way of college.
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